Birth A Basket chords by Cosmo Sheldrake

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Fm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C

Verse:
Fm   Cm/Eb
     Chop your wood
                                        C
And weave a nest from sticks or let the cold in
Fm                                     Cm/Eb
     Let's weave a little house out of dreams
Gm
Blow and blow
                    Fm
But it will keep on standing
Fm               Cm
Huff and puff in vain

Chorus:
             Fm
Let's grow a basket
Cm/Eb               C
     All covered in thorns
                  Fm
When harvest time comes back round
                  Eb
We'll feast until dawn
Gm
Blow and blow
                    Fm
But it will keep on standing
Fm               Cm
Huff and puff in vain

Bridge:
Db6
C  Cm
Db6
Am
Db6
Cm
Db6
C

Verse:
Fm         Cm/Eb
     Let's thatch a roof
                                   C
But leave a hole so we can let the stars in
Fm                                    Cm/Eb
     So they'll forever shine down on me
Gm
Blow and blow
                    Fm
But it will keep on standing
Fm               Cm
Huff and puff in vain